Keeping SPS

[ah^siao]

how come those western guys manage to keep SPS in their tank though their tank is like 1 month old?

wad they do to shorten the tank for their tank to mature?

is it because they are able to keep better water quality that's y they are able to keep SPS?

how they do it?

wad type of skimmers do they usually use???

[Achilles Tang]

Theoratically, You can start keeping even SPS in a 1 month old tank which has completed its cycle.

But it should only be attempted by an advanced or knowledgeable/experienced reefer who knows what he's doing and knows how to rectify problems or even prevent them from happening in the first place.

But somethings may be beyond his control and there's no guarantee that the SPS will survive long term due to NTS (new tank syndrome).

You have to keep a very close eye on the water quality for a new tank. Probably maintain a very low bioload, feed little, go fishless for a very long time or have a very efficient skimmer and have a very good water maintenance schedule.

The signs of 'New Tank Syndrome' is an unstable environment due to the immaturity of the biological filtration causing many mini-cycles when new livestock is added (sensitive corals may not be very understanding why there are spikes now and then) causing the growth of nuisance algae (which SPS corals hate) or dissolved organics that are not processed/exported fast enough and thus affect the SPS (I am sure you don't want to keep brown SPS in your tank).

Probably, if you start off a new tank with SPS frags, and even though they may all turn brown initially, they may adapt a lot quicker to the environment and start growing a lot faster than say... wild colonies.. which may not be that forgiving and die on you in flash!

Like I say, the experienced reefer will know what has to be done and what equipment and husbandry methods are required for SPS in a very new tank.

My 2 cents,

AT

[ah^siao]

so that means if u go fishless for months and have a good protein skimmer will do the job? provided that the water quality is very good issit?

Probably, if you start off a new tank with SPS frags, and even though they may all turn brown initially, they may adapt a lot quicker to the environment and start growing a lot faster than say... wild colonies.. which may not be that forgiving and die on you in flash

wad u mean by this part? meaning sps frags in new tanks will grow into wild colonies? and not those cultured colonies?

y does wild colonies die faster?

thank for answer.. aprreciating it lots.. i'm just curious.. not intending to start on sps yet

[jd_n]

so that means if u go fishless for months and have a good protein skimmer will do the job? provided that the water quality is very good issit?

wad u mean by this part? meaning sps frags in new tanks will grow into wild colonies? and not those cultured colonies?

y does wild colonies die faster?

thank for answer.. aprreciating it lots.. i'm just curious.. not intending to start on sps yet

so that means if u go fishless for months and have a good protein skimmer will do the job? provided that the water quality is very good issit?

Theortically, with all the necessary equipment it shd be ok but will involve ALOT of Committment and money being spend on nutrients removal media, nitrate removal.......etc. And provided if u can afford to change water like twice a week. Wat u mentioned may work.

wad u mean by this part? meaning sps frags in new tanks will grow into wild colonies? and not those cultured colonies?

y does wild colonies die faster?

Think wat AT tryin to say is, colonies tat belongs to reefers tank for a period of time and u gettin those frags will give them a better survival rate as compared to those that come straight from LFS. The reason behind will be those sps has been adapted to the aquarium environment. Newly harvested wild colonies will had lesser chances of survival in new tank due to unstable water parameters. Frags be it cultured or harvested from wild will ultimately grow into a colony but tat have to take time .

[andysho]

yep i keep frags too

so far so good